Mohamed Morsi

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News about Mohamed Morsi, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Mar. 8, 2015

Egyptian Interior Ministry says government has put to death Mahmoud Ramadan, who was convicted of murder during violence that ensued after military takeover of government in 2013; Ramadan is first Islamist supporter of ousted Pres Mohamed Morsi to be put to death. MORE

Mar. 2, 2015

Unauthenticated audio recordings of senior Egyptian officials seem to show both Egyptian military and United Arab Emirates played much greater part in stoking protests against Pres Mohamed Morsi in June 2013 than has been admitted; recordings are released through Islamic news outlets that oppose Pres Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. MORE

Jan. 12, 2015

Egyptian authorities release Khaled al-Qazzaz, foreign relations secretary and adviser to ousted Pres Mohamed Morsi, who was detained with him during military takeover in July 2013. MORE

Dec. 23, 2014

Qatar suspends broadcast of satellite news channel sharply critical of Egypt's military-led government after pressure from Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and the Egyptian government; shutdown of channel, Egyptian affiliate of the Qatari-owned Al Jazeera network, is blow to supporters of Egypt's deposed president, Mohamed Morsi, and his Islamist group Muslim Brotherhood. MORE

Aug. 23, 2014

Egyptian officials blame supporters of deposed Pres Mohamed Morsi for sabotaging electricity grid after blackouts shut factories, cripple small businesses and darken some homes for more than 12 hours a day; experts have been warning of looming energy disaster in country for more than a decade. MORE

Aug. 16, 2014

At least three people are killed in Cairo as supporters of former Egyptian Pres Mohamed Morsi hold scattered protests for second straight day. MORE

Jul. 4, 2014

Protesters hold rallies in several Egyptian cities in opposition to the military's ouster of Pres Mohamed Morsi one year earlier. MORE

Jul. 1, 2014

Two police officers are killed in Cairo while trying to defuse explosive devices outside of Egypt's presidential palace; explosions appear to be part of campaign of attacks by Islamic militants following ouster of Pres Mohamed Morsi in July. MORE

Jun. 28, 2014

Op-Ed article by Khaled al-Qazzaz, secretary of foreign relations from 2012 to 2013 in government of Egyptian Pres Mohamed Morsi, laments worldwide silence in response to his arrest and extralegal detention by Egypt's ruling military; says his yearlong imprisonment under horrible conditions is due to his representation of a human rights agenda and worldview based on genuine exchange between civilizations and cultures. MORE

May. 24, 2014

Op-Ed article by author Shadi Hamid contends that failure of Egyptian Pres Mohamed Morsi illustrates fundamental inability of secular state systems to accommodate Islamist participation in democratic process; suggests that political obituaries for Muslim Brotherhood are premature; maintains that wherever and whenever there are democratic openings, Islamists will still be there waiting and ready to return to politics. MORE

Mar. 25, 2014

Judge in Matay, Egypt, sentences to death 529 defendants, described as supporters of Muslim Brotherhood, convicting them of murdering police officer in anger at ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi; after nine months of escalating repression that culminates in extraordinary verdict, military-led government that removed Morsi appears to have finally cowed his supporters into near-silence in Minya, their greatest stronghold. MORE

Mar. 7, 2014

Egypt pulls its ambassador from Qatar over its support for Islamists in region, including deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, becoming fourth Arab state in two days to withdraw; move adds to Qatar's sudden isolation in region and reinforces alliance binding Egypt’s new military-backed government to other oil-rich Persian Gulf monarchies. MORE

Jan. 29, 2014

Deposed Egyptian Pres Mohamed Morsi appears as defendant in criminal trial locked in a soundproof glass cage; enclosure, unheard-of in Egyptian courts, underscores extraordinary measures taken by new government to silence Morsi and his fellow defendants. MORE

Jan. 9, 2014

Trial of Egypt’s deposed president, Mohamed Morsi, on charges of inciting murder is postponed after authorities say that bad weather prevents them from flying him to the courthouse in Cairo from prison near the port city of Alexandria. MORE

Dec. 23, 2013

Editorial criticizes Egypt's military dictators for storming offices of human rights group Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights and charging deposed Pres Mohamed Morsi with participating in a terrorist plot; holds United States is doing little to discourage the dictatorship's move to widen their crackdown on those who challenge its authoritarian ways. MORE

Dec. 19, 2013

Egypt's military-backed government files new criminal charges against deposed president Mohamed Morsi, accusing him of participating in an epic terrorist plot that involved killing protesters and leaking state secrets to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. MORE

Dec. 15, 2013

Egypt’s interim government sets Jan 14, 2014, as start of two-day referendum on a revised Constitution, which will be the first gauge of support for military’s ouster of nation's first fairly elected president, Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood. MORE

Nov. 15, 2013

Egypt's interim government lifts state of emergency and nighttime curfew, signaling its growing confidence in its ability to impose security after the unrest that followed the military ouster of Pres Mohamed Morsi. MORE

Nov. 14, 2013

Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's former Islamist president, issues statement from prison heaping scorn on his opponents in military-backed government and attempting to rally his beleaguered supporters. MORE

Nov. 7, 2013

Op-Ed article by journalist Sarah El Sirgany contends trials of deposed Egyptian leaders Mohamed Morsi and Hosni Mubarak are more similar than not; points out both men have brought no credit to Egypt's judicial system or the rule of law; maintains it is already clear that whatever justice the court renders in Morsi's trial will be partial at best. MORE

Nov. 5, 2013

Egypt's ex-president Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood is defiant as he appears in Cairo courtroom as defendant in trial on charges of inciting the murder of protesters; it is his first public appearance since his overthrow from office in July 2013; Islamists around Egypt are galvanized by Morsi’s show of defiance as the judge fails to gavel him into silence and instead adjourns trial for two months. MORE

Nov. 2, 2013

Sec of State John Kerry will travel to Egypt in his first visit since the military deposed Pres Mohamed Morsi in July; Kerry is scheduled to arrive day before Morsi is to make his first court appearance on murder charges. MORE

Sep. 19, 2013

Lawyer for Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s ousted president, says Morsi has spoken by telephone with his family twice, their first contact since he was detained by the military on July 3. MORE

Sep. 8, 2013

Egyptian military reports that it killed nine militants in Sinai region; security forces have tried to close area to journalists, making death toll hard to verify; new charge against former Pres Mohamed Morsi suggests that he is now being held liable for criticism of Mubarak government. MORE

Sep. 6, 2013

Bomb rips through convoy of cars carrying Egyptian Interior Min Mohamed Ibrahim, raising fears of a turn toward terrorist violence by opponents of military ouster of Pres Mohamed Morsi; Ibrahim escapes unharmed, but explosion kills at last one police officer, injures 10 others and at wounds at least 11 civilians. MORE

Sep. 4, 2013

Two-month-old Egyptian government steps up its use of swift military trials to lock up Islamist supporters of Mohamed Morsi, and administrative court bans four satellite networks considered sympathetic to them; while government has promised prompt return to democracy, military trials and network closings extend its use of authoritarian tactics. MORE

Sep. 2, 2013

Egypt’s chief prosecutor orders former president Mohamed Morsi and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders to stand trial on charges including inciting murder; order seems to extinguish hope of a political resolution that would bring Muslim Brotherhood out from underground and back into political process. MORE

Aug. 30, 2013

Egyptians brace for ninth weekend of protests against military's ouster of Pres Mohamed Morsi as looming possibility of Western airstrikes against Syria threaten to infuse demonstrations with additional volatility; degree of participation and violence at protests will be pivotal test of effectiveness of new government's crackdown on dissenters. MORE

Aug. 26, 2013

Egyptian military enlists Muslim scholars in a propaganda campaign to persuade soldiers and policemen that they have a religious duty to obey orders to use deadly force against supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi; effort signals anxiety among generals concerning insubordination in ranks, as well as their utter determination to break Muslim Brotherhood support for Morsi. MORE

Aug. 24, 2013

Muslim Brotherhood’s sudden ouster in Egypt by the new military-backed government has ruptured crucial economic and diplomatic lifeline for Hamas; Gaza's economy is facing a $250 million shortfall since Egyptian military authorities shut down hundreds of smuggling tunnels and the Hamas government has begun to ration resources. MORE

Aug. 23, 2013

Egypt’s new rulers move former Pres Hosni Mubarak from a prison cell to house arrest at a military hospital, ending more than two years of incarceration but stopping short of granting him full freedom; release stokes anger of thousands of Islamists and others still protesting ouster of Mubarak's successor Mohamed Morsi. MORE

Aug. 17, 2013

News analysis; Egypt's military leaders, whose forces have helped the American military in ways that are largely unknown to the American public, have some leverage in dealing with Washington in the aftermath of Pres Obama's condemnation of their bloody crackdown on supporters of former Pres Mohamed Morsi; Egypt's location is vital to the American military, and the country's role in the Camp David agreements is of critical value for Israel, America's closest ally in the region. MORE

Aug. 16, 2013

Egypt seems more divided than ever after brutal day of violence that leaves hundreds of people dead; supporters of ousted Pres Mohamed Morsi mourn those killed, vow revenge, and plan their next moves; many other Egyptians direct their anger at protesters who had camped out in the streets for weeks. MORE

Aug. 16, 2013

Op-Ed article by Amr Darrag, member of executive board of Egypt's Freedom and Justice Party, criticizes response from Europe and the United States to ouster of Pres Mohamed Morsi and ongoing violence by Egypt's ruling military; contends until legitimate government of Morsi is restored, American rhetoric about democracy will ring hollow. MORE

Aug. 13, 2013

Egypt’s military-appointed government again postpones its threats to forcibly clear two camps of tens of thousands of supporters of Mohamed Morsi, country's ousted president; at same time, Egypt's government formally extends his detention at undisclosed location by 15 days and appoints judge to investigate him. MORE

Aug. 12, 2013

Egyptian police appear to have postponed once again their threat to begin choking off two Cairo sit-ins where tens of thousands have gathered to protest the ouster of Pres Mohamed Morsi. MORE

Aug. 8, 2013

Egypt’s military-appointed government says it is giving up negotiating an end to five-week-old standoff with Islamist backers of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, hinting that it might forcibly disperse tens of thousands of them from two sit-ins in capital Cairo. MORE

Aug. 7, 2013

Republicans Sen Lindsey Graham and Sen John McCain warn Egypt, during visit there at request of Pres Obama, that United States will cut off aid to country if military-appointed government fails to move rapidly toward democracy; both men have argued that ouster of Pres Mohamed Morsi should be considered coup. MORE

Aug. 4, 2013

Egyptian interim Vice Pres Mohamed ElBaradei says force will be used only as last resort to disperse two sit-ins held by supporters of former Pres Mohamed Morsi. MORE

Aug. 2, 2013

Sec of State John Kerry offers unexpected lift to Egypt’s military leaders, saying they had been restoring democracy when they deposed country’s first freely elected president, Mohamed Morsi; his blunt comments represent strongest endorsement yet by United States of military intervention, which Obama administration has refused to call a coup. MORE

Aug. 1, 2013

Egypt’s military-backed government instructs its security forces to end two sit-ins by tens of thousands of supporters of the deposed Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi; sit-ins have become nuisances for the government and flash points for the bloodiest confrontations since Morsi’s ouster; many fear decree could lead to a new round of violent confrontations. MORE

Jul. 31, 2013

Current whereabouts of Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi remain a mystery despite reports from his aides that he is in good health and is allowed trickle of visitors, including European Union's top foreign policy official Catherine Ashton; secrecy over where military is holding Morsi, which group insists is for his safety, has enraged his family and supporters and aggravated Egypt’s crisis. MORE

Jul. 28, 2013

Op-Ed article by political science Prof Carri Rosefsky Wickham laments that ousted Egyptian Pres Mohamed Morsi's election may have put the country on the right path if reformist voices within the Muslim Brotherhood had held more sway; contends military takeover of country has further marginalized reformists in the Muslim Brotherhood. MORE

Jul. 27, 2013

Egyptian military steps up its campaign against Muslim Brotherhood, as officials announce possibility of serious criminal charges carrying the death penalty against Mohamed Morsi; announcement comes amid a vast state-orchestrated display of military power, with army helicopters hovering low over a huge throng of flag-waving, pro-military demonstrators in Tahrir Square. MORE

Jul. 26, 2013

Obama administration officials decide they are not legally required to determine whether the overthrow of Egyptian Pres Mohamed Morsi was a coup, finding that will allow the administration to continue to funnel $1.5 billion in American aid to Egypt each year. MORE

Jul. 25, 2013

Pres Obama halts delivery of four F-16 fighter planes to Egyptian Air Force, his first punitive response to the ouster of Mohamed Morsi as president of Egypt. MORE

Jul. 23, 2013

At least four people are killed in Egypt, both in Cairo and in Qalyubia governorate, during clashes between supporters and opponents of former Pres Mohamed Morsi. MORE

Jul. 22, 2013

Egyptian military officials deny newspaper report that ousted President Mohamed Morsi plotted with the American ambassador to run the country from a Cairo mosque; events illustrate confusion over who is in charge in Egypt, while shedding no new light on the status of Morsi, who remains in detention and faces numerous allegations but has not been formally charged. MORE

Jul. 19, 2013

Efforts to reach settlement between Egypt’s ousted Islamist leaders and generals who removed them have been stymied by military's refusal to release Mohamed Morsi and his aides; prisoners are being held incommunicado and have not been charged with crimes. MORE

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